Back in the Great Depression as we always refer to it, there were many photos taken of migraqnt workers, displacced farm families and those who were standing on bread lines etc. When viewed today we can say oh yes! that was during the Depression.
One photo however seems to stand out and always has. A nameless woman with two small children all hope erased from her face and the lines of...... [Show More]
dems and torture Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 04 2008 19:26:25
Every liberal who paid any attention to what went on in 2007 and 2008 has to be used to Democratic capitulation by now, and a bit of cynicism about the incoming regime is absolutely warranted. Still, I think Glenn Greenwald might have gotten a little ahead of himself here . [L]ast year, Feinstein and Wyden were both insistent that the only way to end torture and restore America’s standing i...... [Show More]
Here we go.
The far left feminist types are already wringing their little paws over their worries that Michelle Obama won’t be feminist enough once she gets to Washington:
I don’t mean to suggest that I’m not as taken by the mommy and fashion stuff as everyone else. It’s great that Michelle Obama is both a snazzy dresser and a terrific parent. Her solid, steely be...... [Show More]
This post at salon is a perfect example of the category created by Scott called Dem eat Dem . The far left is now a bit worried that Michelle Obama will be a good mother rather then a activist: (h/t Say Anything )
The majority of the coverage of Michelle Obama in the week since her husband was elected has centered on her clothes. Not just the firecracker of a dress she donned on Elec...... [Show More]
second tier Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 04 2008 17:37:50
The president-elect has done a very nice job, by and large , with his senior level appointments - quality folks, mostly centrist, insiders. Keeping Gates at Defense was a master stroke - if he succeeds in Iraq/Afgha nistan, i t’s because Obama was smart enough to choose him. If he fails, he’s an unfortunate relic of the previous regime, damaged goods - easy to jettison.
I also thi...... [Show More]
Glenn Greenwald / salon :
Why do Feinstein and Wyden sound much different on the torture issue now? — Time constraints prevented me yesterday from writing about Dianne Feinstein’s comments concerning torture in yesterday’s New York Times, in which the California Senator — who will replace Jay Rockefeller as Chairperson …...... [Show More]
thursday open thread Post Source: feeds.mothertalkers.com Posted: Dec 04 2008 14:08:35
I am in the midst of our yearly company retreat and have limited access to internet throughout the day. I just got online and saw the comments to my Worst Date Ever post...and, can I just say thank you! Thank you for sharing your stories; some good, some bad and some ugly! How did we ever survive? Now, on to a few stories that caught my eye... Seattle artist Deborah Lawrence was commis...... [Show More]
Will she be the second coming of Hillary or Jackie?
There is a minor little skirmish going on in feminist-land over the quasi-revelation that Michelle Obama will be spending more time raising her kids than in trying to be the Assistant President. It seems the fems are looking more for a Hillary activist-type than a Jacqueline Kennedy-style Cosmo fashion plate & stay-at-home mom. For right no...... [Show More]
Some Republican stuff… some random stuff about people getting it on in public restrooms… you know, the whole spectrum:
Garrison Keillor on Midwesterners and public bathrooms
Midwesterners have always needed to go elsewhere to misbehave and so when people head south to Florida or Arizona in January, purportedly for the warm weather, we know better. “Warm weather for what?&...... [Show More]
When the great freethought orator Robert Ingersoll died in 1899, the New York Times eulogized him thusly :
...there is something more in the orator’s art than the power of expression. There must also be sympathy in the sense of an electrical connection which is set up between speaker and hearers. And eminently Ingersoll had this. He never misjudged, more properly, he never misfelt his ...... [Show More]
Writing well: grace, joy and attitude. At salon , see " Princess Leia’s wild, bipolar adventures ", a review by Rebecca Traister of Carrie Fisher’s new book, Wishful Drinking , which started out two years ago as an LA theater "seminar" and popular autobiographical one-woman show. Traister: "Fisher is a language obsessive, a nimble verbal acrobat who puns and...... [Show More]
TNT is pulling out all the stops for its launch of their Timothy Hutton-driven action-thriller series "Leve rage" (premieres on Sunday 12/07 @ 9:00pm). They’ve got a major press tour (more on that, Friday) and they’re even launching an online game on Sunday where players can win $100,000. We haven’t seen an effort this coordinated in a while.
Anybody...... [Show More]
We have committed to work towards vigorously enabling our infrastructures as part of our master plan to embrace our real-time deliverables so that we may get out of debt.
We are at a crossroads. This article from salon.com should sent a warning signal to any freedom-loving Slashdotter. I look around and all I see are Software Moguls who will stop at nothing to restrict the freedoms of hacke...... [Show More]
With every day that Bush remains amongst us, and is still allowed to make some pretty earth shattering decisions, someone, somewhere is in jeopardy of losing some of their rights. In this instance George W. Bush is planning on enacting a right of conscience rule.
We are not able to overturn Roe v. Wade, and it looks like it is never going to be, so now we come back to the issue of reproducti...... [Show More]
In honor of those who love to eat salon has compiled succulent specifics for the food friendly:
Bargain gifts for the foodie: Delicious stocking stuffers to stimulate the taste buds and liven up the kitchen.
Midrange gifts for the foodie: Send your friends to culinary heaven with some artisanal cheese and avant-garde cookery.
Luxury gifts for the foodie: Give Spanish ham, drink Califor...... [Show More]
Commenting about the role of the first lady, Al Mohler writes :
As for Mrs. Obama, she has made her position clear — she will devote herself first and foremost to being the wife of the President and the mother of their children. She is willingly and eagerly choosing the role of “First Mom.” She will not practice law and she will not be actively involved in policy developme...... [Show More]
Dec. 3, 2008 | Seattle artist Deborah Lawrence says she is crestfallen that the ornament she was commissioned to design for the White House Christmas tree will not be displayed. But then again, she always suspected the “ornament might not be met with full enthusiasm.”
A mixed-media artist whose work is charged by politics, Lawrence, 55, striped a silver bulb with a swirl of tiny text...... [Show More]
Garrison Keillor discuses Metrodome sex scandal: “Mid westerners have always needed to go elsewhere to misbehave and so when people head south to Florida or Arizona in January, purportedly for the warm weather, we know better. “Warm weather for what?” we ask. Public sex, most likely.” [ salon ]...... [Show More]
“ Later, Costello and John trade quips on their adopted stage names:
John: If you’re going to make a record, Reg Dwight is not going to make it, I’m sorry. It’s just not going to make it … But why Elvis?
Costello: That was really picked up by my manager. If you think about the year that I began making records, it was 1977. You had Captain Sensible, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Rat...... [Show More]
Thoughts about the demise of intelligence and critical thinking.
Today, two thought-provoking articles that I read online came together in my brain. Here’s the meat of the matter.
Can You Read Me Now?
About three weeks ago, one of my Twitter friends, @BlankBaby , tweeted a link to an article on truthdig by Chris Hedges titled “ America the Illiterate .” The article begi...... [Show More]
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